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2. Postcard of the Month Letter to the Editor
Are you getting your free IL postcards? Here’s a snippet “Thank you for your Dr. Michael Sigler, M.D. ( e-mail:
of our pick of the best this month: conferences” siglermd@gmail.commade a short
),
I would like to thank all the IL presentation on Age Manage-
conference sta for the wonderful ment. I subsequently made an
planning, execution, and range of appointment. At the time, my
products presented at your recent energy and health conditions were
Brazil conference. All the presen- at a very low level, [because I am] a
ters did a great job. I plan to take diabetic. Dr. Sigler recommended a
action on several of the recom- new wellness health protocol that I
mendations. was not aware of.
This was my third [ IL] confer- At your recent Brazil confer-
ence. The other two I attended ence, I was able to keep up with the
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were in Panama. ve-day schedule. Prior to using
As a result of the real estate the Age Management protocols, I
tour that followed one of your would not have lasted more than
conferences in Panama, I bought one day. I am thankful that you
a great pre-development condo include medical information at the
Plan a trip to somewhere like Puerto Vallarta…and the idea of moving at Grand Bay. I also used attor- International Livingconferences.
overseas becomes a lot easier. ney Rainelda Mata-Kelly (see: Thank you again for your work
www.mata-kelly.com who was
), and dedication to your International
“We’re Scared Sti of Moving Overseas…” a presenter at this conference, Living members.
By Suzan Haskins for the transaction and other Peter Grimm, Houston, TX
work in Panama. I found this a
Not long ago, an e-mail plea for the U.S....like the Lake Chapala great service...and your vetting Editor’s Note: IL’s next confer-
help came from a reader. “We love area, San Miguel de Allende or of the potential investments was ence will be held in Las Vegas this
the International Livinginforma- Puerto Vallarta in Mexico. Try outstanding. The character of the October. Our annual Live and
tion, but the bottom line is that them out and you’ll see what I people who made presentations Invest Overseas conference is our
we are ‘scared sti ’ of giving it a mean...you’ll need no (or very was of most value. only event on the calendar held in
go. We’re not sophisticated, not little) Spanish in these places. In one of the presentations the U.S. For more information, see:
wealthy, not bilingual, and have If you’re still apprehensive, at the same Panama conference, www.internationalliving.com/events .
never traveled abroad.” I’d suggest you start by attending
She continued: “Everything one of our conferences. In fact,
we read in International Living start in the U.S.—we’ll be hosting Find of the Month
makes so much sense and it sounds
like a tremendous opportunity
our Live and Invest Overseas
conference in Las Vegas, Oct. 1 to Steenie Harvey
to make the money we earn go 2 (see: www.internationalliving.
so much further and perhaps we com/eventsThink of this as
). Devon Cream Teas: A Taste First, slice open the homemade
could, at some point in the future, an “entry-level” conference for of English History scone. Spread both sides gener-
retire...but the fear factor is high. anyone thinking about moving ously with strawberry jam. Now
Do you have any suggestions overseas. You’ll get to meet those pile them high with dollops of
for overcoming this? And is of us who have done it…in many thick, yellow clotted cream.
there anywhere we could nd di erent countries. Always served with proper
information on great opportunities tea from a teapot, this is Eng-
in English-speaking countries?” land’s classic Cream Tea. Forget
You may be in the same the calories. Clotted cream
situation as this reader—most of Your Daily Escape— contains calcium—great for
the countries that are high on our For Free the bones. Visit Devon, and it’s
list (because of their high quality almost compulsory to indulge.
of life and low cost of living) aren’t If you’d like more postcards like According to historians, Cream
places where English is the of cial this one, from Suzan and our Teas originated in the market
language. But you’d be surprised many other roving correspond- town of Tavistock more than
how many people all over the world ents, simply sign up (for free) 1,000 years ago. After marauding
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do speak English. at: www.internationalliving.com
. Vikings damaged their abbey in
All I can say is “take the Just enter your e-mail address AD 997, Tavistock’s Benedictine
plunge”...or at least the rst step. and anIL postcard will be sent monks fed Cream Teas to towns-
Plan a trip to the destination that to your inbox daily. folk who helped with repairs.
really isn’t all that di erent from
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